Four-dotted Grass Jumper
Both males and females show four white dots on the posterior half of the abdomen. This species was previously classified under the genus Plexippus.
| Length | ♀ 6–8 mm; ♂ 5–6 mm |
| Type Locality | Tharrawaddy, Bago, Myanmar |
| Distribution | Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Myanmar, Vietnam, China, Japan. |
| Habitat | Grasses and foliage in wasteland and gardens. Females are often found in silken retreats on the under surfaces of grass blades. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
California Academy of Sciences (CAS), San Francisco, USA; ♂ of Burmattus sinicus (Prószyński, 1992a)
Plexippus pocockii (Original description ♂♀)
Thorell, 1895b Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum: 368 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.17492
Plexippus pococki (♂♀)
Prószyński, 1984a Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae): 153
Plexippus pococki (♂♀)
Żabka, 1985 Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam: 434, f. 473-480
Burmattus pococki (♂♀, placed in generic nomen nudum)
Song & Chai, 1991 New species and new records of the family Salticidae from Hainan, China (Arachnida: Araneae): 22, f. 13A-D
Burmattus sinicus (Original description ♂)
Prószyński, 1992a Salticidae (Araneae) of the Old World and Pacific Islands in several US collections: 89, f. 1-3
Plexippus pococki (♂)
Tanikawa, 1992a A newly recorded spider, Plexippus pococki Thorell, 1895 (Araneae: Salticidae), from Japan: 13, f. 1-3
Burmattus pococki (♂♀)
Xie, 1993 New records of Salticidae from China (Arachnida: Araneae): 358, f. 1-5
Burmattus pococki (♂♀)
Peng et al., 1993 Salticids in China (Arachnida: Araneae): 32, f. 58-65
Burmattus sinicus (♂)
Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999 The spiders of China: 507, f. 289O-P
Burmattus pococki (♂♀)
Ono, Ikeda & Kono, 2009 Salticidae: 568, f. 87-90
Burmattus pococki (♂)
Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 Description of some Salticidae (Araneae) from the Malay Archipelago: 156, f. 17-18 doi:10.15298/arthsel.19.3.05
Burmattus pococki (♂♀)
Yin et al., 2012 Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China: 1335, f. 722a-h
Burmattus pococki (♂)
Kananbala, Bhubaneshwari & Sandhyarani, 2016 On the description of a salticid spider, Burmattus pococki Thorell 1895 (Araneae: Saltocidae) from Manipur, India: 3918, f. 1a-b, 2a-c
Burmattus pococki (♂♀)
Żabka & Gardzińska, 2017 Salticidae of Thailand: 233, f. 7A-F, 8A-B doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.2.004
Burmattus pococki (♂♀)
Prószyński, 2017b Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae): 26, f. 11D, 12C doi:10.37828/em.2017.12.1
Burmattus sinicus (♂)
Peng, 2020 Fauna Sinica, Invertebrata 53, Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae: 53, f. 18a-c
Burmattus albopunctatus (♂♀, Synonym of Burmattus sinicus and B. pococki)
Logunov, 2024c Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Bidoup–Nui Ba National Park, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam: 1076, f. 11-25 doi:10.13156/arac.2024.19.8.1074
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Myanmar, Vietnam, China, Japan.